Presentation made at the Sixth RENEWAL Regional Workshop: A decade of work on HIV, food and nutrition security. By Rahul Rawat and Suneetha Kadiyala

1. RENEWAL Regional Workshop 2010, Cape Town Food Security and Nutrition among People Living with HIV in Uganda: Emerging Results from the IFPRI/RENEWAL-TASO Collaboration ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suneetha Kadiyala & Rahul Rawat

12. Evaluating Pathways to Undernutrition: Path Analysis Notes: Numbers in parentheses are standard errors. For both Path 1 (Dietary Diversity) and Path 2 (BMI), the model is adjusted for all variables included in regression models presented in Tables 2 and 3. *p<0.05; ** p<0.01 Path and Dependent Outcome Predictor Vairable Direct Effect Indirect Effect Total Effect Path 1: Dietary Diversity Food Insecurity -0.043** (0.011) Path 2: BMI (kg/m 2 ) Dietary Diversity Food Insecurity 0.139* (0.056) -0.062** (0.019) -0.006* (0.057) -0.068* (0.060)

15. Impact of Food Assistance on Weight Gain ** significant at 1% ; *significant at 5% ; + significant at 10% a Absolute value of t-statistics on ATT, in parentheses, are based on bootstrapped standard errors Source: Rawat et al. (BMC Public Health 2010) Change in Weight (kg) Food assistance Recipients (n) Matched Controls (n) ATT a (absolute value of t-statistic) Overall 3202 11069 0.36 (3.19)** Conditional estimates Without ART 2783 9661 0.48 (2.14)* With ART 546 1120 0.17 (1.5) Baseline WHO stage 1 327 1479 -0.2 (0.55) Baseline WHO stage 2 2329 7318 0.26 (2.3)* Baseline WHO stage 3 615 1807 0.2 (1.8) + Baseline WHO stage 4 58 129 1.9 (1.9) +

16. Impact of Food Assistance on Weight Gain ** significant at 1% ; *significant at 5% ; + significant at 10% a Absolute value of t-statistics on ATT, in parentheses, are based on bootstrapped standard errors Source: Rawat et al. (BMC Public Health 2010) Change in Weight (kg) Food assistance Recipients (n) Matched Controls (n) ATT a (absolute value of t-statistic) Overall 3202 11069 0.36 (3.19)** Conditional estimates Without ART 2783 9661 0.48 (2.14)* With ART 546 1120 0.17 (1.5) Baseline WHO stage 1 327 1479 -0.2 (0.55) Baseline WHO stage 2 2329 7318 0.26 (2.3)* Baseline WHO stage 3 615 1807 0.2 (1.8) + Baseline WHO stage 4 58 129 1.9 (1.9) +